Man Suffers Eye Injury In Beating And Robbery

January 6, 1985|BY THERESA DEFINO

A man told police hewas robbed and cut over the eye on Friday.

Harry Parrish, of the 2300 block of Northwest 10th Court, told police a man aproached him Friday, demanded money and then beat him. He could not describe the man and was not sure how much money was taken, police said.

Parrish was taken to Imperial Point Hospitial where he was treated and released for a cut over his right eye.

Police said they searched the area near Parrish`s home but no suspects were found.

A Pompano Beach man was arrested on charges of throwing a deadly missile into the car of a motorist who slowed down to avoid hitting him on Saturday.

David Brian Shaw, of the 1600 block of Southeast First Street in Pompano Beach, told police he was driving north at the 1500 block of North Dixie Highway when Richard Henry Knox walked into the roadway and made a gesture as if to lower his trousers.

Shaw slowed his car so he would not hit Knox who then picked up a rock and threw it at the car window, shattering it, police said. The glass fell on Shaw but he was uninjured.

Police found Knox hiding behind two telephone poles a block away. Knox, of the 100 block of Northeast Ninth Avenue, was charged with throwing a deadly missile into an occupied vehicle.

Two women told police their gold necklaces were stolen as they walked from an apartment to a pool area.

Nancy Kroczynski, of the 400 block of Southwest Second Court, and Sharon Unolzis, of the 1200 block of Northeast 41st Drive, were walking toward the pool at Kroczynski`s apartment on Dec. 31 and were approached by three men. One pointed a gun at Kroczynski and grabbed her shirt, police said. She gave the man her 18-inch gold chain with a cross, valued at $1,000.

The man then pointed the gun at Unolzis, who gave him a $200 gold chain with a moon and diamond on it.

The women were then shoved to the ground and the robbers ran east on Southwest Second Court.

Police arrested a man who witnesses say fired shots at them after he accused them of stealing his car keys.

Angela Johnson, of 2000 block of Northwest Eighth Street, told police on Dec. 31 Randolph Canion had fired shots at her and Paul Johnson, at the 1800 block of Hammondville Road.

She said Canion fired several shots at her while she hid behind a car, police said. One shot grazed her left arm, she said.

Police removed a bullet from the windshield of a older model Buick. Canion was arrested at his home at the 700 block of Northwest 19th Avenue and charged with two counts of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated assault.

A self-employed painter working in his shop was robbed at gunpoint of his wallet and $40, police said.

Kevin Davies, of the 2500 block of Northeast 14th Avenue told police he was working in his bay at 100 block of Northeast Eighth Street on Wednesday when he was approached by a man who asked if he operated a repair shop. Davies told police he told the man no.

A few minutes later, police said, the man returned with two other men, one of whom had a gun in his hand and had pulled his shirt over his face.

He demanded that Davies stop work on a vehicle and give him any money he had, police said. Davies gave the man $40 and then went to his van to retrieve his wallet.

Once he had given the wallet to the man, he was told to lie on the ground while the suspects fled, police said. Davies told police his wallet contained credit cards.

Man arrested on gun charge

Police responding to a call of shots fired in a city park arrested a man who had a shotgun hidden under his back seat.

Ricky Burns, of the 300 block of Northwest Seventh Avenue, Delray Beach, was leaving Westside Park at the 200 block of Southwest Third Court on Monday when police stopped him and asked him to leave his vehicle.

An officer then spotted a 12-gauge shotgun under a portion of the back folding seat.

Burns was arrested and charged with carrying a concealed firearm.

A woman told police she stabbed a man in the back with an icepick because he would not stop bothering her.

Police said Dorothy Michelle Walker, of the 300 block of Northwest Third Avenue, admitted stabbing Adrian Jay Andrews, of the same address, Sunday.

Walker told police she stabbed Andrews as he walked away from her following a quarrel. Walker was initially arrested and charged with aggravated battery but a day later Andrews asked that the charge be dropped.

Truck parts stolen

Three tires and wheels, in addition to other parts, were removed from a 1964 Ford pickup truck parked in front of a vacant house.

Fleming Hankerson, the owner of the truck, told police he parked in the 300 block of Northwest Sixth Street on Dec. 24. On Jan. 1 he noticed all the wheels and tires except the left rear one had been stolen.

Hankerson, of the 600 block of Northwest Second Way, also told police the dashboard, brake system, wheel drums and battery were stolen.

The owner of a thrift store and consignment shop told police the store was broken into and several items of unknown value removed.